SAG-AFTRA – Director, News & Broadcast – Los Angeles

06/27/2017

SAG-AFTRA seeking exceptional candidates for the important position of Director, News & Broadcast for Southern California

SAG-AFTRA the union for the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world is seeking application from highly qualified candidates with extensive union experience for the position of Director, News & Broadcast for Southern California.

This position represents the interests of SAG-AFTRA and its members through negotiation and enforcement of News and Broadcast collective bargaining agreements and supervising and administering staff responsible for SAG-AFTRA’s News & Broadcast jurisdiction in Southern California (Los Angeles and San Diego). This position reports to the SAG-AFTRA National Director of New and Broadcast and works out of the SAG-AFTRA office on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

SAG-AFTRA brings together two great American labor unions: The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Both were formed in the turmoil of the 1930’s with rich histories of fighting for and securing the strongest protections for media artists. These two unions’ members voted to form the successor union in order to preserve those hard-won rights and to continue the struggle to extend and expand those protections into the 21st century and beyond.

Through supervising and managing staff assigned to SAG-AFTRA’s news and broadcast division in Southern California this position is responsible for:

Insuring responsive and successful representation for SAG-AFTRA members working in the news and broadcast industry in Southern California.

Serving as chief negotiator or second chair in collective bargaining as well as supervising SAG-AFTRA staff engaged in collective bargaining.

Developing member leadership and organizing member involvement in their union.

Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with various stakeholders; e.g., members and staff, member representatives, station management, producers, unions and industry associations and organizations.

Working in alignment with national strategy on broadcast member issues such as minimum contractual standards, coordinating bargaining, contract and employer campaigns and organizing.